by JULIO MARTINEZ the 1850s, eight newly arrived Jewish merchants spoke the first words of mamaloshen (Yiddish mother tongue) in the City of Angels. Fifty years later, the Jewish population of LA increased considerably when the forward-thinking Pioneer Lot Association subdivided lots in Boyle Heights and adjacent City Terrace, coming up with the then-revolutionary concept of selling these inexpensive properties o…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:22PM on March 3, 2016